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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill enacts provisions relating to negotiation meetings between public employers
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and public employee labor organizations.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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. requires negotiation meetings between public employers and public employee labor
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organizations to be open to the public;
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. requires public employers to provide public notice of a negotiation meeting;
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. requires public employers to keep minutes of negotiation meetings and to make
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audio recordings of those meetings; and
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. requires public employers to make minutes and audio recordings available to the
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public.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:

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34-20a-101. Title.
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This chapter is known as "Transparency in Public Employment Negotiation."
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Section 2.
Section
34-20a-102
is enacted to read:
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34-20a-102. Definitions.
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As used in this chapter:
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(1) "Employment agreement" means an agreement between a public employer and a
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public employee labor organization regarding salary and benefits of public employees
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represented by the public employee labor organization.
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(2) "Negotiation meeting" means a meeting between a public employer and a public
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employee labor organization for the purpose of negotiating the terms of a new employment
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agreement.
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(3) "Public employee" means an employee of a public employer.
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(4) "Public employer" means:
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(a) the state or any department, division, agency, or other instrumentality of the state,
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including an institution of higher education; or
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(b) a county, city, town, school district, local district, special service district, or other
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political subdivision of the state.
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(5) "Public employee labor organization" means an organization of any kind, in which
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public employees participate, that exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of negotiating
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with public employers on behalf of public employees about matters addressed by an

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34-20a-201. Negotiation meetings open to the public -- Notice of meeting.
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(1) (a) A negotiation meeting shall be open to the public.
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(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a separate meeting held by a public employer or
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public employee labor organization during the course of a negotiation meeting, if:
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(i) for a separate meeting held by a public employer, the meeting does not include an
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individual representing the public employee labor organization; and
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(ii) for a separate meeting held by a public employee labor organization, the meeting
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does not include an individual representing the public employer.
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(2) (a) A public employer shall give written public notice of a negotiation meeting, as
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provided in Subsection (2)(b), at least 24 hours in advance.
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(b) A notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
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(i) state the date, time, and location of the negotiation meeting;
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(ii) state the subject matter to be addressed at the negotiation meeting; and
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(iii) be posted:
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(A) at the principal office of the public employer;
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(B) at the location of the negotiation meeting; and
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(C) electronically on the Utah Public Notice Website created under Section
63F-1-701
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Section 4.
Section
34-20a-202
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34-20a-202. Minutes and audio recording of negotiation meeting.
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(1) (a) A public employer shall:
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(i) prepare minutes of a negotiation meeting; and
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(ii) make an audio recording of a negotiation meeting.
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(b) Minutes under Subsection (1)(a)(i) shall include:
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(i) the date, time, and location of the negotiation meeting;
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(ii) the name of each public employer and public labor organization representative
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present at the meeting;
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(iii) the substance of all matters discussed, proposed, or decided at the meeting; and
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(iv) if applicable, a record of any action taken or decided upon at the meeting.

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(c) An audio recording under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall:
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(i) be a complete and unedited audio record of all portions of a negotiation meeting
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from its commencement through its adjournment; and
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(ii) be accurately labeled with the date, time, and location of the meeting.
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(2) (a) Within 10 business days after a negotiation meeting is held, a public employer
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shall:
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(i) make minutes of the meeting available to the public; and
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(ii) post the minutes on the public employer's Internet website, if the public employer
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has an Internet website.
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(b) Within three business days after a negotiation meeting is held, a public employer
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shall:
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(i) make an audio recording of the meeting available to the public; and
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(ii) post the audio recording on the public employer's Internet website, if the public
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employer has an Internet website.